Was Hurricane Sandy Instragrams Key Moment?
GIGAOM, the blog that Steve talked about in class today, just recently posted an article outlining the role that Instagram played during Hurricane Sandy. According to the article, Instagram users...
View ArticleNo More Fail Whale for Twitter: Election Night Records
With the 2012 presidential election, came a whirlwind of social media updates and millions of people tuning into Twitter, Facebook and other networks to keep themselves up to date on the candidates’...
View ArticleSocial Media Shaming
Buzzfeed put out an article today talking about social media shaming and making racist, threatening, or otherwise unpleasant remarks on Facebook Twitter or any other social media site. The article...
View ArticlePinstamatic
Time flies. It is only a few weeks away from the end of this semester. I enjoy this class a lot because I am exposed to so many fresh and interesting technologies and social media tools that I probably...
View ArticleI love Social Media!
This is just going to be a short blog in honor of social media, and more specifically the beauty of Facebook! On Thursday evening I was coming out of the Atlas building and about to head home. As I was...
View Article4 Lessons for News Outlets in 2012
Related Article: http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/four-key-digital-lessons-for-news-outlets-from-2012/s2/a551467/ A panel entitled news: rewired had it’s final session discussing lessons from the past...
View ArticleFiat makes Social Media Standard
A growing trend in the media industry is cars becoming an emerging channel for which media, social media in particular, can reach its users. While the majority of these discussions have been...
View ArticleGoogle Contacts?
Google’s Project Glass has been one of the most hyped and talked about technological developments in years. It is a fairly intuitive progression, that the information, data, and media that we choose to...
View ArticleCan Pixplit catch on or is Instagram untouchable?
Since it was released, Instagram has has a strangle hold on the field of mobile photo sharing but start-up Pixplit is hoping that it can at least nuzzle up next to Instagram in a warm side-kick role ....
View ArticleFacebook Nearby
Want to discover your friends’ hangouts or view local business ratings? Facebook has decided to tap your smartphone yet again by offering up recommended venues through an updated Nearby. According to...
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